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1894
 
    
Claude Debussy's tone poem L'Après-midi d'un faune has its premiere in Paris       
1894
 
  
The first competitive event for cars is held over a distance of 78 miles from Paris to Rouen     
1894
 
   
The tenor Enrico Caruso makes his debut in his home town of Naples      
1895
 
     
Swan Lake is performed in St Petersburg in its definitive version, with choreography shared between Lucien Petipa and Lev Ivanov        
1895
 
    
Oscar Wilde's most brilliant comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest is performed in London's St. James Theatre       
1895
 
   
Japan's navy destroys the remains of China's fleet at Weihaiwei      
1895
 
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The territory south of the Zambezi is given the name Rhodesia, in honour of the man who has colonized it       
1895
 
    
Scottish chemist William Ramsay isolates the element helium       
1895
 
     
Stephen Crane succeeds handsomely with his second novel, The Red Badge of Courage, set in the American Civil War        
1895
 
    
At the end of the Sino-Japanese war China cedes to Japan the island of Taiwan, together with Port Arthur and the Liadong peninsula